One of the biggest purchase decisions a family with young children makes is choosing childcare and preschool. We are lucky in Oak Park to have an annual event hosted by Parenthesis that lets us look at many childcare centers all at once. On Thursday January 12, 2012 from 7pm-8:30 Parenthesis is hosting this year's annual preschool fair.

Local artist, Bryan Northup is aiding the movement to repair Garfield Park Conservatory with a limited edition art bowl created with glass shards from the conservatory's damaged roof in the wake of a hail storm earlier this year.